Freya Wilcox is a throwback. She has the voice of a dive bar angel whose affinity for whiskey and cigarettes is palpable. Her on-stage demeanor is reminiscent of the devil-may-care style of Donita Sparks. And her song writing is both powerful and soulful, with a decent dose of fuck you, so you don’t get too comfortable. The Oh My Snare!/Freya Wilcox and The Howl – Split gives the listener a decent sampling of both soul and fuck you. With an …

If Ryan Hatfield ever needed an outlet, he chose wisely with Filthy Hearts. The melodic quartet brings an amalgam of talent together for a serendipitous 10 minutes in their debut EP I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Inside). Hatfield has been around.

Propagandhi a rarity. Few bands put together concerts that deserve the label “event” anymore. With a gluttony of festivals, reunions and album shows, it’s rare that a band just comes out and plays a killer set to a legion of anxious fans.

Moonraker and I are friends. Not the kind of friends that actually know you, rather the kind that when you listen to their music, you know you’d have a lot of fun discussing mundanities over a cold one.

“We’re here to witness rock and roll history.” Packed like a can of sardines in front of the Riot Stage at the National Western Complex in Denver on a warm Sunday night, that was how the guy standing next to me summed up our uncomfortable situation. Rock and Roll history at Riot Fest. Day Three: Misfits, Bad Religion, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Chevy Metal The Misfits had arrived. Glenn Danzig was looming, Jerry Only was smirking and Doyle …

With their debut release Death to False Posi on the digital shelves, we took some time to sit down with the Seattle quartet Four Lights to discuss the album, Seattle and Weezer. FtLP: Death to False Posi has the production value of something that was done meticulously, how long did it take from writing to studio to editing for the whole thing to get put together? Jeff Mangalin (guitar, vocals): Brian, Dan and I started playing together last November. I …

Two bands really stole the evening on Saturday night at Denver’s Riot Fest and Rodeo, both were pleasant surprises. Ween paced through a 90-minute set of rarities, hits and everything in between, while Sleater-Kinney came out with the bravado of a festival headliner. Day Two: Meat Puppets, The Lillingtons, Against Me!, Leftover Crack, Sleater-Kinney, Ween Ween The best description I can offer on Ween came from Sonny Votolato (Slender Means, Blue Checkered Record Player): “What Andy Kaufman was to comedy, Ween …